The Art of Black Healing: Justice, Repair & Radical Restoration

3 units

From the Transatlantic slave trade to chattel slavery and, then, institutionalized racism, Black people have long been subjected to some of the most horrific forms of violence and suffering at the hands of colonization, white supremacy and anti-Black racism. Yet, despite the tremendous pain endured, we continue to generate systems of healing and repair that allow us to reclaim our power and reestablish healthy relationships to ourselves and our communities. In this course, students will engage the spiritual, political, and physical frameworks of healing that Black people deploy as a response to harm and oppression. This course engages the tradition of Black healing and will prioritize the literal application of various healing practices in our time of study by collectively experimenting with new ways of learning,thinking, theorizing, creating, doing and being.